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this is the fast pass was not available to be used on bart. sfmta would no doubt incur additional expenses to carry those riders on their buses. so, we are providing a service. sfmta does set the price of the fast pass. not only the original price, but also the differential pricing that was put in place a couple of years ago. they control the price of the fast pass and level of service that they offer connecting to bart stations. so, we provide supplemental capacity in those corridors and i believe it is a valuable service. so, and then lastly just to
this is the fast pass was not available to be used on bart. sfmta would no doubt incur additional expenses to carry those riders on their buses. so, we are providing a service. sfmta does set the price of the fast pass. not only the original price, but also the differential pricing that was put in place a couple of years ago. they control the price of the fast pass and level of service that they offer connecting to bart stations. so, we provide supplemental capacity in those corridors and i...
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colleagues, these items are before us. let me make first a motion, a few motions to follow the bla recommendation. first of all, a motion to amend item number 5, the resolution for finding a fiscal feasibility to add a further resolve clause that the board of supervisors will find this project fiscally feasible and responsible subject to the approval of the board of supervisors to create the moscone expansion district next week february 5th, 2013. >> second. >> we have a second for that. we can do that without opposition -- yes. [speaker not understood] district attorney's office. >> this is attorney john givener. if it's possible the board would continue the hearing on february 5th and finally make a decision on the 129tion or later. i would recommend [speaker not understood]. * 12th >> fair enough. strike the date from the further resolve clause we'll do it subject to the approval of the board of supervisors on the moscone expansion district. and i have a second to that. we can do that without opposition. and i'd like to
colleagues, these items are before us. let me make first a motion, a few motions to follow the bla recommendation. first of all, a motion to amend item number 5, the resolution for finding a fiscal feasibility to add a further resolve clause that the board of supervisors will find this project fiscally feasible and responsible subject to the approval of the board of supervisors to create the moscone expansion district next week february 5th, 2013. >> second. >> we have a second for...
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this is the fast pass was not available to be used on bart. sfmta would no doubt incur additional expenses to carry those riders on their buses. so, we are providing a service. sfmta does set the price of the fast pass. not only the original price, but also the differential pricing that was put in place a couple of years ago. they control the price of the fast pass and level of service that they offer connecting to bart stations. so, we provide supplemental capacity in those corridors and i believe it is a valuable service. so, and then lastly just to note, before the $10 price differential was put in place, muni still collected all the fast pass sales revenue and a abortion of that fast pass price supported the payments to bart for the service. so, that gets to the point from mr. rose's office that the subsidy from sfmta to bart is $5.6 million. so, there is a portion of the original fast pass price that also goes into the subsidy. and that $5.6 million is approximately the level of revenue loss that bart incurs by offering the discounted rei
this is the fast pass was not available to be used on bart. sfmta would no doubt incur additional expenses to carry those riders on their buses. so, we are providing a service. sfmta does set the price of the fast pass. not only the original price, but also the differential pricing that was put in place a couple of years ago. they control the price of the fast pass and level of service that they offer connecting to bart stations. so, we provide supplemental capacity in those corridors and i...
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i thought around a 5 person committee that's the right thing but i think it make sense for us to sit those folks. i think we should do this as quickly as possible. >> colleagues i think the term commitment is a bit strong. we've had conversations about a 5 person committee and when it was determined we had a 3 person economy that's now i believe we need to move forward. the personnel committee should be meeting and i welcome other people to take part in this. maybe later we could be concerned with the 5 person committee. i heard commissioner kim state that maybe we could have a formal motion and we could move this forward. the recruitment process and have a personnel committee meet as a 3 person body and later have the transportation economy came down with a 5 person committee. i welcome the participation of other people tanking part. there's a no formal way we have to have a 5 person committee start at the get go. >> commissioner yee. >> i'm just curious in this process whether or not prior to having an official opinion about how to do this 5 member committee with the chair can make
i thought around a 5 person committee that's the right thing but i think it make sense for us to sit those folks. i think we should do this as quickly as possible. >> colleagues i think the term commitment is a bit strong. we've had conversations about a 5 person committee and when it was determined we had a 3 person economy that's now i believe we need to move forward. the personnel committee should be meeting and i welcome other people to take part in this. maybe later we could be...
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madam clerk, are there any other matters for us to deal with? >> there are no other items. >> thank you very much. this meeting is adjourned. thank you everyone.
madam clerk, are there any other matters for us to deal with? >> there are no other items. >> thank you very much. this meeting is adjourned. thank you everyone.
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i don't think there's any difference that two members have just joined us. my main certain for this board is i don't think there's any realistic difference between us moving forward with this complete resolution and just amendeding. >> i don't see why we have to have a fire drill and meet in march. we're going to do a 5 person committee that 5 person committee should be sitting from the begining. i've heard in argument >> i don't think anyone else's attempted to make a statement as to why. but i think we work at this body and the board of supervisors and if we were kwiven a timeline we would know that we stick to a timeline. we move processes along as quickly if we can. >> the only timeline i'm seeing is the draft proposal. today there is no timeline that would preestablish a timeline. we're seth the timeline. i don't think there is anything magical about the timeline >> thank you just a question for staff or legal counsel. is the march. is there anything in the rules of authority that would preclude any member of this commission from sitting in on the march
i don't think there's any difference that two members have just joined us. my main certain for this board is i don't think there's any realistic difference between us moving forward with this complete resolution and just amendeding. >> i don't see why we have to have a fire drill and meet in march. we're going to do a 5 person committee that 5 person committee should be sitting from the begining. i've heard in argument >> i don't think anyone else's attempted to make a statement as...
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commissioner avalso will help us look for the best possible executive director. mr. moscovich brought incredible staff at the mta so there is already incredible leadership. i am strongly supportive of avalos as chari. >> thank you commissioner. commissioner kim. >> i'm happy to support supervisor avalos for the position of chairmanship. it is something that he has been enthused about. i think the ta is an important piece of what we do here at city hall. i think transportation whether we talk about pet safety, cars, muni and public transit continues to be one of the preeminent issues that we talk about here at city hall and some of the things that i hope we are able to push forward % i appreciate supervisor cohen's comment about city neighborhoods they don't have as much resources. it is great to have a chair that represent one of the areas of the southeast sector that doesn't have great access to muni and public transit; we should figure out how to create more equity among public transit. the second issue is, that supposed to be transit first, where we build less par
commissioner avalso will help us look for the best possible executive director. mr. moscovich brought incredible staff at the mta so there is already incredible leadership. i am strongly supportive of avalos as chari. >> thank you commissioner. commissioner kim. >> i'm happy to support supervisor avalos for the position of chairmanship. it is something that he has been enthused about. i think the ta is an important piece of what we do here at city hall. i think transportation...
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us on this legislation. other than that we will open for public comment. other members of the public who wish to speak in item number one? >> (off mic) (off mic) ofm(off mic) (off mic) --- (off mic) >> chair: i think you want to speak on item number two. >> i don't mean to be fresh. i am being straightforward. i'm true to this. i'm here at city hall for 20 something years way before you all can hear. i don't know what you were doing 20 years ago, but i am doing the same thing i was doing 20 years ago, trying to find out what is going on at city hall. every department here needs to go over their contracts. for instance ttys signed contract that you don't know nothing about. there's a lot of things going on, i'm going to be here to let you know. i have been here starting city hall for over 20 years. specifically the last five years and the new administration. things -- and dwayne jones. because of the african-american outmigration. every department of the city affects us, african-americans. i know you don't wa
us on this legislation. other than that we will open for public comment. other members of the public who wish to speak in item number one? >> (off mic) (off mic) ofm(off mic) (off mic) --- (off mic) >> chair: i think you want to speak on item number two. >> i don't mean to be fresh. i am being straightforward. i'm true to this. i'm here at city hall for 20 something years way before you all can hear. i don't know what you were doing 20 years ago, but i am doing the same thing...
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but this is also a document that set a little bit of a road map for us and tell us where we need to reinvying ate our focus and where we see drops we ask why and where we see disturbing trends we try to get to the about the bot tom of it. i think that what you have seen are three or four years of steady increases and there are a variety of reasons for that and i think that our park staff and our gardeners and our custodians are doing incredible work. i think that we have also been helped by the workforce program and we have partnered with the agency that have provided to help to keep the parks clean. i think that that has helped as has the first of its kind guard gaer apprintice and i also think that our capitol program has had an impact. some of that does get reflected in the annual scores and the parks are able to address some of those structural maintenance issues that do get reflected in these quarterly evaluations but we still have a lot of work to do and even with the 2012 parks bond, we are only chiping away at the total amount of what is needed in our parks. as we are trending upward,
but this is also a document that set a little bit of a road map for us and tell us where we need to reinvying ate our focus and where we see drops we ask why and where we see disturbing trends we try to get to the about the bot tom of it. i think that what you have seen are three or four years of steady increases and there are a variety of reasons for that and i think that our park staff and our gardeners and our custodians are doing incredible work. i think that we have also been helped by the...
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and the board has successfully convinced lafco and they have agreed to use general fund money and use existing surplus until it is spent down. we have reorganized and reclassified management and other positions to provide resources in needed areas. or create career ladder positions with existing positions. [speaker not understood] based wage increases still been able to find some savings. we have increased our revenue collection by implementing cost recovery from the enterprise department for city-wide membership and increased our assessment appeals fees. so, if we'll turn to the current year's budget. by division, it is approximately 12.4 million. and we typically look at the budget from three points of view. from division, expenditure type and labor contracts. this slide shows expenditures by division where you see supervisors offices comprising 50% of the department's budget or 6.2 million. the office of the clerk of the board is the second-largest division comprising 24% or 3 million. the budget and legislative analyst comprises 16% or 2 million. the assessment appeals board is 7%
and the board has successfully convinced lafco and they have agreed to use general fund money and use existing surplus until it is spent down. we have reorganized and reclassified management and other positions to provide resources in needed areas. or create career ladder positions with existing positions. [speaker not understood] based wage increases still been able to find some savings. we have increased our revenue collection by implementing cost recovery from the enterprise department for...
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instrumental in helping us graft this legislation. but it was really helpful from our senior organizations that came up with a saucer where they looked at this legislation and hopefully other pieces of legislation will make our seniors in disabilities communities safer. we also have senior people who i thank. and mr. president, chu and our former colleagues in their line share housing for there could sponsor shipping. this is will enpowering our people's in this city. and especially thanks to the collaborate work of our residents in our communities buildings as well. i wanted to also thank nick from our staff who creates less isolation for our seniors >> supervisor kim. >> thank you i'm really proud to come sponsor this legislation as well. i want to thank supervisor mar. i'm first starting with hearing the study and following through with the first piece of legislation from our community. and as hotels become more scare source of affordable housing in san francisco we find that many of our seniors are aging in those hotels and our mi
instrumental in helping us graft this legislation. but it was really helpful from our senior organizations that came up with a saucer where they looked at this legislation and hopefully other pieces of legislation will make our seniors in disabilities communities safer. we also have senior people who i thank. and mr. president, chu and our former colleagues in their line share housing for there could sponsor shipping. this is will enpowering our people's in this city. and especially thanks to...
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we will allow sins to complain if the car spots are not being used correctly. now we also want to help people find the locates for car spots that they need. now we're talking to the planning commission to help advanced this goal and reducing the need for cars in this city will make more spots for your car parking >> i want to add my name as a co-sponsor. >> and with that colleagues any further discussion? can we take this same call? without objection it passes. madam clerk call item 13 >> it requires hotels to have grab bars in pool facilitates and the failure to provide a phone just a second is discouraged. >> colleagues that piece of legislation will help making make our housing especially in our hotels satisfactory and reduce isolation for many people with disabilities. as our population continues to grow we help to make our existing how's even safer. working phone jacks and grab bars in shared bathrooms are a cost-effective and a way to keep our residents connected to our community. i want to say that the mayor's offense on disability are really instrumenta
we will allow sins to complain if the car spots are not being used correctly. now we also want to help people find the locates for car spots that they need. now we're talking to the planning commission to help advanced this goal and reducing the need for cars in this city will make more spots for your car parking >> i want to add my name as a co-sponsor. >> and with that colleagues any further discussion? can we take this same call? without objection it passes. madam clerk call item...
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effect the city in its agreement with the agency and keeping in the language with prop i said it would use the sale of the parcels. in this agreement it was also state that the remaining funds after all the transportation enhancements were done the rest of the money would go to other projects. along market street with all the new housing being built we're not accurately providing with the muni system. our muni system can't handle the new demands from this housing development. we need more funds for our declining transportation infrastructure. in connection with this hearing supervisor and i will be talking with the housing community in hopes of finding a resolution some type of middle ground so we can move past this dispute. i also have two tragic stories. we had an individual pass away at the age of 99. she was the highest raking
effect the city in its agreement with the agency and keeping in the language with prop i said it would use the sale of the parcels. in this agreement it was also state that the remaining funds after all the transportation enhancements were done the rest of the money would go to other projects. along market street with all the new housing being built we're not accurately providing with the muni system. our muni system can't handle the new demands from this housing development. we need more funds...
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commit on issues we've voted on today but you can also make general commits not on issues in front of us. >> i'm sorry. and now that i want to commit on a family as they mourn the passing of they've over turning of a guilty verdict in their case >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello my name is paul let brown. i'm here again, it's coming up open another year my son was murdered. 30s rounds of built left that gun and went into my son. i'm here and whatever i can be to bring awareness to members of homicide. my son is still gone. a lot of parents - i stand for a lot of parents who can't even do this. i will continue to do this. i'm in school now trying to get my alcoholic and other degrees. we're talking about trying to beware guns. our children are still dying, lying on the street and their blood going down the gutter. i'm
commit on issues we've voted on today but you can also make general commits not on issues in front of us. >> i'm sorry. and now that i want to commit on a family as they mourn the passing of they've over turning of a guilty verdict in their case >> thank you. next speaker. >> hello my name is paul let brown. i'm here again, it's coming up open another year my son was murdered. 30s rounds of built left that gun and went into my son. i'm here and whatever i can be to bring...
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us thes -- the residents are using the streets to house their vehicles. when this legislation started we committed to work with the mayor's office of opportunity and partnership and engagement for a transparent process. to give you a brief update where we are. since the legislation was passed we have been working on a host of things to prepare. first we went to the mta board and got their approval because ultimately each specific location has to be approved by them. we saw the designs of the signs to convey an unambiguous message. we are providing materials to provide notice and we are working with the police, the public, the board of supervisors' staff and others to solicit other locations of concern, and of course to develop guidelines for conducting the before and after study, so the locations have pretty much expanded from the handouts that we provided previously. the locations basically have doubled in size, and here's a map of where they're located graphically. >> and i would note if you take a look at the sunset it looks like there is a lot being a
us thes -- the residents are using the streets to house their vehicles. when this legislation started we committed to work with the mayor's office of opportunity and partnership and engagement for a transparent process. to give you a brief update where we are. since the legislation was passed we have been working on a host of things to prepare. first we went to the mta board and got their approval because ultimately each specific location has to be approved by them. we saw the designs of the...
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i'm not used to seeing you here. so this is a good segue to an item later on the agenda and prepare for example the update of the prop k strategic plan and the five year prioritization program. that's the first place for us to coordinate with the mta and the other sponsors. without giving away too much of that presentation this body works with the sponsors to lay out the next five years of projects. in terms of delivering on time and on budget the most critical to watch is the n-judah customer first project. we helped partially fund a similar project on the [inaudible]. these are critical. it's really the first wave of implementation. these are not subject to the eir. they're accomplishing many of the same things and once it's approved it will make changes to that as well and that is what we will report back to you and on performance benefits as well. >> thank you. i am sure supervisors -- when it comes to that it's a big priority. thank you. >> commissioner breed. >> thank you. i just had a few questions. so this --
i'm not used to seeing you here. so this is a good segue to an item later on the agenda and prepare for example the update of the prop k strategic plan and the five year prioritization program. that's the first place for us to coordinate with the mta and the other sponsors. without giving away too much of that presentation this body works with the sponsors to lay out the next five years of projects. in terms of delivering on time and on budget the most critical to watch is the n-judah customer...
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they hit this milestone but they don't feel a sense of purpose so this was an amazing experience for us and these individuals were changed. one women lost 16 pounds from going out walking her dog. her doctor had been on her for years and her health would improve if she was physically active and with the dog it was fun to her. we had an individual that was on heroin for years and his teeth were ravaged and he felt he didn't have a red letter "h" for homeless and he wanted people to see a different person and working through project connect he worked to get dentures which will change his life. the response to wolf -- as you know it was controversial. people called it pubbies for pand handlers and we know they do that because they don't have income and can't make it through the month so i see this as a valid alternative for people but we were opposed for the people of the ethical treatment of animals and they offered the city money to not give the program because they said we were giving dogs to mentally ill people and people that see themselves wanting to save animals live would rather se
they hit this milestone but they don't feel a sense of purpose so this was an amazing experience for us and these individuals were changed. one women lost 16 pounds from going out walking her dog. her doctor had been on her for years and her health would improve if she was physically active and with the dog it was fun to her. we had an individual that was on heroin for years and his teeth were ravaged and he felt he didn't have a red letter "h" for homeless and he wanted people to see...
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we have future procurements and replacing our fleets and the depending on the line it's intended to use for we may up scope. i know the long-term plan is increase the 60 feet vehicles in the plan and that is reflected in the fleet plan. >> thank you. commissioner breed. >>i just wanted to ask a quick follow up question to that. has mta looked into the possibility of increasing the size of the trains for the n judah? >> you mean increasing the physical size -- well, . >> well, first of all increasing the size and if new trains are purchased? >> to answer that question. right now we're in the process of scoping the replacement vehicles that will replace them so we're in that process so we will look at the size of the vehicles and the number of seats in the vehicle. that is being worked on right now. that is in anticipation of purchasing 24 additional light rail vehicles for the central subway when it comes on line and that if for the vehicles that we'll need with that and deal with overall growth at this point in the overall muni network. on top of that we are looking at -- i believe the
we have future procurements and replacing our fleets and the depending on the line it's intended to use for we may up scope. i know the long-term plan is increase the 60 feet vehicles in the plan and that is reflected in the fleet plan. >> thank you. commissioner breed. >>i just wanted to ask a quick follow up question to that. has mta looked into the possibility of increasing the size of the trains for the n judah? >> you mean increasing the physical size -- well, . >>...
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, so i want you to know we have tried using though resources. we have tried the existing laws on the book to address some of the perpetual issues in the district. that hasn't worked for us. it may work different places but it hasn't worked in our area. i think then there is the other issue about having to fix one thing before we move on to this. i think what this will help us do is really highlight the issues of folks who are living in their homes. i think it will really help us figure out what we need and the resources we need to address that issue, so i don't think that we fix -- if we say you fix affordable housing before this issue then we wouldn't ever work on any other thing and affordable housing is such a large issue that we have to continue working on. you know the bonds recently passed by the voters to make significant investment in affordable housing. there is a lot more to do so that is something always on the forefront of the city's work, and finally i think i wanted to address the issue of process. i think that the mta has been wor
, so i want you to know we have tried using though resources. we have tried the existing laws on the book to address some of the perpetual issues in the district. that hasn't worked for us. it may work different places but it hasn't worked in our area. i think then there is the other issue about having to fix one thing before we move on to this. i think what this will help us do is really highlight the issues of folks who are living in their homes. i think it will really help us figure out what...
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that we can put to it and fiber that it gives us and food that it gives us. while these are vital and important and worth literally hundreds of billions of dollars, the part that we also have to be able to communicate is the more spiritual sense of how important it is that we get to live side by side with all of these forms that have three billion years of history behind them and how tragic it would be not commercially and not in a utilitarian way but an emotio l emotional, psychological, spiritual way if we watch them one by one disappear. >> this is sort of a merger between art and science and advocacy in a funny way getting people to wake unand realize
that we can put to it and fiber that it gives us and food that it gives us. while these are vital and important and worth literally hundreds of billions of dollars, the part that we also have to be able to communicate is the more spiritual sense of how important it is that we get to live side by side with all of these forms that have three billion years of history behind them and how tragic it would be not commercially and not in a utilitarian way but an emotio l emotional, psychological,...
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some is used by the city but there is excess as i understand and the other item brought to us after lafco met by supervisor kim's office is about parking meters. this is an on going discussion we had and that staff had other meetings and there are other issues and at least now i suggest holding off on that until we get direction exactly what the supervisor's office is looking for us to do on the project so those are the quick items. what i would suggest doing since cca is going to be a big item and continue to be i imagine the remainder of the year we have -- there are going to be times there is not as much work to be done and i can find interns to supplement the research and we work on the appointment of elected officers seem to be the one with most interest from the commissioners of trying to do something immediately on that, and that we start doing research into how that would work and i could create a study format and work with folks on that item. >> commissioner campos. >> thank you mr. chair and i want to thank our staff for the work they have done around this issue. i think that th
some is used by the city but there is excess as i understand and the other item brought to us after lafco met by supervisor kim's office is about parking meters. this is an on going discussion we had and that staff had other meetings and there are other issues and at least now i suggest holding off on that until we get direction exactly what the supervisor's office is looking for us to do on the project so those are the quick items. what i would suggest doing since cca is going to be a big item...
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i'm going to use the offer head. the library is not properly taken care of basic and continues to did he enthuse books. at the last meeting there was approved a budget of zero increase in adult books, zero increase in children's and teens books. there was a small increase in the periodicals. we also heard at the last library commission that ebook reading is about 5 percent of the overall occur levitation. the library has also lots of money for technology experience. they have $99,900 for lending out machines like pcs. and we learned that there's no cost benefit analyze and no costs for over the life of this lending device. and when i click on o a link that don't lead you anywhere if you could show my materials and not the previous speakers. a land mark investigative report, ralph north,ers book. thank you. next speaker >> my name is eugene gordon jr. and a product that markets splaks and consumer attorneys gain event and president of victory from was bought and sold. a product advertised national to a public. a prime
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option of purchasing that site and running it ourselves, i think that could be a really good eligible use for any funds that we have, to have our own power system, we can help to ramp up. >> that's a great recommendation, thank you, and then as you know, puc is in the beginning phases of its sewer system improvement program and are trying to integrate some of the innovative technology resource recovery and the waste water process, so some ideas around that, and then i think one thing we were really pleased about is that last year when the legislature did their initial bills around happen trade revenue allocation, there is a requirement that up to 25% of dollars be spent in disadvantaged communities, historically, san francisco, the definition of disadvantaged communities that the state uses is one that keeps income relative to the state and so we often don't count as a disadvantaged community though we have many neighborhood that are struggling, i think the definition they're using for disadvantaged communities in the context of cap and trade dollars, the bayview hunter's point community
option of purchasing that site and running it ourselves, i think that could be a really good eligible use for any funds that we have, to have our own power system, we can help to ramp up. >> that's a great recommendation, thank you, and then as you know, puc is in the beginning phases of its sewer system improvement program and are trying to integrate some of the innovative technology resource recovery and the waste water process, so some ideas around that, and then i think one thing we...
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i know what he said to us about some of the failures. those are things the city could address quite easily. those are some of the areas where we might take what they do and then move a step further with it. >> supervisor campos: last thing i want to say, and i hope that you will also look at, not only sort of the performance of the agency. but i think it would also be appropriate, and i think it is very timely given the housing audit that you did last year, how the city can also better support the agency itself because there is an interconnection between what they are doing and what we are doing. i am certainly interested in that piece as well. >> okay. thank you and final piece. my colleagues mentioned some great areas to focus on from their perspective. one area i think just to flush out that i think is interesting to me as well that would be informative is what the housing authority's financial planning processes look like, whether following best practices with regards to find, budgeting, these are things that to the extent they are s
i know what he said to us about some of the failures. those are things the city could address quite easily. those are some of the areas where we might take what they do and then move a step further with it. >> supervisor campos: last thing i want to say, and i hope that you will also look at, not only sort of the performance of the agency. but i think it would also be appropriate, and i think it is very timely given the housing audit that you did last year, how the city can also better...
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it is what matters to us. this is the number ever of cases that we're handling and that has not gone down, but gone up significantly. >> mr. district attorney. when the budget analyst says the number has decreased by 40% in the past five years between 2010 and 2012, are you saying that is not correct? >> i am saying that if you look at our workload and you look at the number of cases that are being handled on a monthly basis, 2010, and today, we have had an increase of 88%. part of that is there are less settlements and the public defender is insisting on taking more cases to trial. there is a backlog that starts to build ever month and that backlog is reflected here. we're going by the number of cases that we're handling, the number of cases that we're trying, the number of cases that we're settling. we're not using the number of cases that the police department says is coming in, because frankly at the end of the day, that doesn't impact the bottom line for us. >> good afternoon everybody. supervisor mar, in
it is what matters to us. this is the number ever of cases that we're handling and that has not gone down, but gone up significantly. >> mr. district attorney. when the budget analyst says the number has decreased by 40% in the past five years between 2010 and 2012, are you saying that is not correct? >> i am saying that if you look at our workload and you look at the number of cases that are being handled on a monthly basis, 2010, and today, we have had an increase of 88%. part of...
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i like to thank all my interfere and is especially gregg surfor allowing us do what we do is special thank to supervisor camp poe and is his assistants for always being there for us and i know the mayor left but if there is anything in this room that can get they two minutes of his time, i know i can get this city to be a safer place for awful us. with the help of my partner. and then in closing i'll like to say there is a lot of beautiful hearts here and there were some big ones on the way in and none of them came as whole with the love that i have for my if girlfriend. plast. >> that was short. i thought i was going to stand there for an hour. first i would just like to thank every everyone for their support and this idea that has become so much more with their help and captains col rails and most zero and our sergeant and supervisor kayser camp poe and is his staff and micro, my family, who's here today, my dad, thank you for everything. (applause) out on the street we face many different challenges in law enforcement i truly enjoy working until the city of san francisco that i wa
i like to thank all my interfere and is especially gregg surfor allowing us do what we do is special thank to supervisor camp poe and is his assistants for always being there for us and i know the mayor left but if there is anything in this room that can get they two minutes of his time, i know i can get this city to be a safer place for awful us. with the help of my partner. and then in closing i'll like to say there is a lot of beautiful hearts here and there were some big ones on the way in...
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>>i would like to say thank you to come to speak to us today. it's clear to me that you bring that same commitment and passion and drive to this position that you brought to all of your other previous positions with the city and i think we're lucky to have you at hope. i would ask you if you can repeat the number one more time and i am sure people want to reach you415. >> -554-5646and bevan. dufty at sfgov .org and i have a team of three individuals that work with me. we love going to anyplace and invite us to come and see something or participate and i will share with director johnson information both about the cell phone life lines and ways that we can partner together. i think it's very exciting to do things together. i will try to think of individuals who have overcome adversity to be successful in programs that might be good to bring to your attention, and you can certainly help me in this work, and as i said just even if it's appropriate and you send a letter to chp to say that you have consistent advocacy around smoke free environments an
>>i would like to say thank you to come to speak to us today. it's clear to me that you bring that same commitment and passion and drive to this position that you brought to all of your other previous positions with the city and i think we're lucky to have you at hope. i would ask you if you can repeat the number one more time and i am sure people want to reach you415. >> -554-5646and bevan. dufty at sfgov .org and i have a team of three individuals that work with me. we love going...
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it is what matters to us. this is the number ever of cases that we're handling and that has not gone down, but gone up significantly. >> mr. district attorney. when the budget analyst says the number has decreased by 40% in the past five years between 2010 and 2012, are you saying that is not correct? >> i am saying that if you look at our workload and you look at the number of cases that are being handled on a monthly basis, 2010, and today, we have had an increase of 88%. part of that is there are less settlements and the public defender is inin
it is what matters to us. this is the number ever of cases that we're handling and that has not gone down, but gone up significantly. >> mr. district attorney. when the budget analyst says the number has decreased by 40% in the past five years between 2010 and 2012, are you saying that is not correct? >> i am saying that if you look at our workload and you look at the number of cases that are being handled on a monthly basis, 2010, and today, we have had an increase of 88%. part of...
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i know that a number of us this morning had a reception with leader pelosi who has been very helpful in the past and securing funding for transportation here in the city and county of san francisco. i also want to talk about the trend happening locally in terms of revenue measures such as the sales tax and vehicle registration fee that are administered by the authority. one of the things that is important as we move forward is to always look for the most cost-effective ways of doing the work. one of the things that i hope you continue to do is to focus on enhancing coordination among the various city agencies. we saw with a number of projects that were discussed at the authority that while there is communication between these agencies better communication is needed. and one of the things that i hope happens- especially with the major projects - that we continue to focus on how the county transportation authority interacts with the mta and other agencies involved in various projects that we are funding. i know that in the state of the city address, mayor lee indicated that public tran
i know that a number of us this morning had a reception with leader pelosi who has been very helpful in the past and securing funding for transportation here in the city and county of san francisco. i also want to talk about the trend happening locally in terms of revenue measures such as the sales tax and vehicle registration fee that are administered by the authority. one of the things that is important as we move forward is to always look for the most cost-effective ways of doing the work....